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Re: Marble Blast

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Post by tgv » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 10:26 AM UTC

Savageman wrote: post #20

Is it normal that when I "turn" the camera stays still? Makes it quite unplayable for me (I tried both "Free camera" enabled/disabled, it didn't change anything)

You have to click and drag.

Re: Marble Blast

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Post by burnt-resistor » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 10:36 AM UTC

jbverschoor wrote: post #17

I'd call it Marble Drift :)

Marble Tokyo Drift. And it should have a squealing tire noise. ;)

Re: Marble Blast

#23

Post by archerx » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 10:50 AM UTC

keyle wrote: post #12

archerx wrote: post #7

I made a rolling ball game a while back. https://sphoxie.com if anyone wants to check it out.

Ahah! So did I https://store.steampowered.com/app/1384840/XOL/ <3

Nice! I like the isometric style look of your game!

Re: Marble Blast

#24

Post by smithstreet » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 11:20 AM UTC

Is there a 'Black Diamond' level from the xbox 360 original? if so, where can i find it

Re: Marble Blast

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Post by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 1:56 PM UTC

Trying to find the powerup button I hit Ctrl and closed the tab

lol

Re: Marble Blast

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Post by tronium » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 2:29 PM UTC

Macs released from 2002-2005 shipped with Marble Blast Gold on them. Playing it is one of my earliest memories (I was 5 at the time), especially taking absolutely forever to figure out the two Escher's Maze levels.

Great game :)

Re: Marble Blast

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Post by LanceH » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 2:46 PM UTC

Cool. I have have a least one of my custom maps on there.

It was my son's favorite game when he was 3-5, so I started making maps that couldn't be failed, working my way up to some tricky things.

At one point I made a birthday cake map and my wife decorated a cake to look like it. Ring pops for the gems, and an upside down reese's peanut butter cups decorated with icing for the start/finish pads. Of note, putting icing on a reese's does taste good, it is a step too far for human consumption.

Re: Marble Blast

#28

Post by onychomys » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 3:12 PM UTC

Savageman wrote: post #20

Is it normal that when I "turn" the camera stays still? Makes it quite unplayable for me (I tried both "Free camera" enabled/disabled, it didn't change anything)

You can use your left hand to steer the marble (via WASD) and then the right hand on your arrow keys to move the camera around.

Re: Marble Blast

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Post by frollogaston » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 3:22 PM UTC

tronium wrote: post #26

Macs released from 2002-2005 shipped with Marble Blast Gold on them. Playing it is one of my earliest memories (I was 5 at the time), especially taking absolutely forever to figure out the two Escher's Maze levels. Great game :)

I miss it when Macs shipped with games

Re: Marble Blast

#30

Post by Tarsul » Tue, Jun 24, 2025, 3:27 PM UTC

mdtrooper wrote: post #16

The oldies are great such as: https://neverball.org/

Thank you so much for posting this. This looks a lot like the game I played back then, but I cannot find videos of the last level which I always played... guess there's only one way to find out...